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After errors hamper reports, Idaho State Controller’s Office says new Luma system works

October 3rd, 2023|

Officials with the Idaho State Controller’s Office are able to verify state revenue collections unofficially as the state transitions to a new, wide scale business system called Luma. Chief Deputy [...]

Iowa athletic trainer’s license sanctioned after Idaho students allege improprieties

October 3rd, 2023|

The state of Iowa is allowing an athletic trainer to keep his license after another state sanctioned him over allegations of improprieties with female college students. Idaho state records indicate [...]

October solar eclipse to darken Idaho skies. Here’s what to know about historic event

October 2nd, 2023|

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – When the sky turns dark, and the sun becomes an ominous, burning “ring of fire” later this month, don’t worry; the apocalypse isn’t upon us. It’s [...]

Student debt relief scams on the rise. Here’s what borrowers need to know.

October 2nd, 2023|

Complaints about student debt relief scams are increasing as borrowers restart payments on their student loans after more than a three-year pause. Consumer protection advocates say that the Biden administration’s [...]

Westside Ranger District begins prescribed fire in Toponce Drainage Monday

October 2nd, 2023|

The following in a news release from Caribou-Targhee National Forest: POCATELLO — Starting Monday, Oct. 1 through Wednesday, Nov. 15, the Westside Ranger District plans to ignite a 1,259-acre prescribed [...]

Congress clears bill to avert shutdown, with vote promised later on Ukraine aid

October 1st, 2023|

WASHINGTON — Congress approved a bill Saturday night that would stave off a government shutdown until at least mid-November, though the measure doesn’t include Ukraine aid backed by Republicans and [...]

‘Super’ J.J. Saldaña remembered as Idaho’s fiercest — and fabulous — Latino advocate

October 1st, 2023|

J.J. Saldaña, above all else, was a doer for his Boise community. He spent nearly 24 years dedicating his professional life to the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs, where he [...]

White House welcomes shutdown resolution — sees another crack at Ukraine aid soon

October 1st, 2023|

The bill McCarthy brought to the House floor didn’t just fund the government, it also included $16 billion in disaster relief and, as one White House official noted, avoided “any [...]

Kootenai County sheriff ‘disturbed’ by sexually explicit library books, saying he’d pay to keep them

September 30th, 2023|

POST FALLS (Spokesman Review) — Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said he was “shocked” and “disturbed” at some of the books available to youths at local libraries, and he’s been [...]

Dysfunctional Congress hurtles toward Sunday’s inevitable government shutdown

September 30th, 2023|

The Democratic Senate has its own troubles, well beyond a military promotion blockade: The death of one member, Dianne Feinstein, and the indictment of another, Bob Menendez. With two more [...]

Government shutdown nears: U.S. House GOP fails to pass one-month spending plan

September 30th, 2023|

WASHINGTON — A sweeping government shutdown appeared inevitable on Friday, with the U.S. Senate stuck in a procedural holding pattern on its bipartisan stopgap bill and divided U.S. House Republicans [...]

Timberline teacher’s suspension gives rise to a larger conversation about Title IX

September 30th, 2023|

The Boise School District sent a mass email to patrons Thursday evening — an attempt to clarify the circumstances surrounding Timberline High School teacher Laura Boulton’s suspension, which has sparked [...]

Prosecutors demand Amazon information on the purchase of knives in case against Kohberger

September 29th, 2023|

(CNN) — Prosecutors in the case of Bryan Kohberger, the man charged in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students, demanded customer information from Amazon related to the [...]

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